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Tonight, we'll read the second chapter titled A Merry Christmas

to Little Women by American Author Louisa May Elcott published in 1868.

Following the lives of the four March sisters, Meg, Joe, Beth, and Amy,

the novel details their passage from childhood to womanhood and is loosely

based on the author and her sisters.

In Chapter 1, the March Sisters lament that they won't receive Christmas presents as their family has fallen into some poverty.

They discuss a Christmas play they are going to put forth and their mother arrives with a letter from their father who is away in the civil war

They resolve to practice their Christian faith's values in their daily lives in order to rise above their material complaints. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths. Take a Merry Christmas.

Joe was the first to wake in the gray dawn of Christmas morning.

No stockings hung at the fireplace, and for a moment she felt as much disappointed as she did

long ago when her little sock fell down because it was crammed so full of goodies.

Then she remembered her mother's promise and,

slipping her hand under her pillow,

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